Photo: SuppliedHow people interact with robots and virtual characters will be the hot topic at an international conference booked for Christchurch next year. Canterbury University has won a bid to host the International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI) in December 2022. It’s a long-running annual conference but this will be the first time it’s been held in New Zealand. The world is definitely open to us.”UC has a new AI (artificial intelligence) research group investigating topics such as artificial consciousness, AI and agriculture, and education AI. The group hosted an inaugural AI conference at UC last December.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2021 02:15 UTC